Synonyms for border
ˈbɔr dərbor·der

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1. border

   Bank is a general term for the land along the edge of a water course; it may also denote a raised portion of the bed of a river, lake, or ocean; as, the Banks of Newfoundland. A beach is a strip or expanse of incoherent wave-worn sand, which is often pebbly or full of boulders; we speak of the beach of a lake or ocean; a beach is sometimes found in the bend of a river. Strand is a more poetic term for a wave-washed shore, especially as a place for landing or embarking; as, the keel grates on the strand. The whole line of a country or continent that borders the sea is a coast. Shore is any land, whether cliff, or sand, or marsh, bordering water. We do not speak of the coast of a river, nor of the banks of the ocean, tho there may be banks by or under the sea. Edge is the line where land and water meet; as, the water's edge. Brink is the place from which one may fall; as, the river's brink; the brink of a precipice; the brink of ruin.

   Synonyms:
   bank, beach, bound, brim, brink, coast, edge, marge, margin, rim, shore, strand

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1. border

   Synonyms:
   limit, boundary, brink, rim, verge, brim, edge, edging, band, hem, enclosure, confine

   Antonyms:
   land, tract, interior, substance, space, centre

2. border

   Synonyms:
   be contiguous to, be adjacent to, conterminous with, adjoin, adjacent to

   Antonyms:
   remote from, away from

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1. boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, metenoun

   a line that indicates a boundary

   Synonyms:
   perimeter, delimitation, edge, boundary line, mete, molding, moulding, borderline, margin

2. margin, border, perimeternoun

   the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

   Synonyms:
   leeway, edge, mete, circumference, perimeter, tolerance, gross profit margin, boundary line, gross profit, security deposit, moulding, borderline, molding, allowance, margin, delimitation

3. edge, bordernoun

   the boundary of a surface

   Synonyms:
   margin, borderline, moulding, delimitation, edge, mete, bound, molding, boundary, boundary line, sharpness, perimeter

4. molding, moulding, bordernoun

   a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

   Synonyms:
   margin, borderline, mold, delimitation, mould, mete, boundary line, modeling, edge, modelling, molding, moulding, casting, clay sculpture, perimeter

5. borderverb

   a strip forming the outer edge of something

   "the rug had a wide blue border"

   Synonyms:
   perimeter, borderline, edge, boundary line, mete, molding, moulding, margin, delimitation

6. surround, environ, ring, skirt, borderverb

   extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

   "The forest surrounds my property"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, elude, circumvent, evade, band, butt against, frame, butt, butt on, echo, sidestep, surround, phone, peal, abut, environ, besiege, edge, wall, call up, parry, fence in, duck, call, knell, fence, hedge, resound, put off, reverberate, smother, bound, beleaguer, hem in, frame in, march, ring, fudge, palisade, telephone, dodge, skirt

7. bound, borderverb

   form the boundary of; be contiguous to

   Synonyms:
   rebound, restrict, surround, bound, trammel, march, frame in, restrain, frame, confine, skirt, butt on, throttle, spring, leap, ricochet, environ, abut, edge, bounce, butt against, ring, recoil, adjoin, resile, butt, reverberate, limit, take a hop, jump

8. frame, frame in, borderverb

   enclose in or as if in a frame

   "frame a picture"

   Synonyms:
   put, abut, surround, butt on, bound, march, frame in, ensnare, frame, set up, frame up, cast, butt against, compose, redact, draw up, butt, couch, adjoin, skirt, ring, entrap, edge, environ

9. border, edgeverb

   provide with a border or edge

   "edge the tablecloth with embroidery"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, edge, frame in, abut, butt, bound, ring, butt against, skirt, march, inch, frame, surround, environ, butt on

10. border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt onverb

    lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

    "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland"

    Synonyms:
    demonstrate, abut, surround, process, touch, bound, march, frame in, frame, skirt, butt against, meet, bump into, run into, parade, edge, butt, knock against, exhibit, jar against, ring, adjoin, inch, bunt, butt on, contact, environ

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1. • Boundary
   • Edge
   • Enclose
   • Provide

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bordernoun

   Synonyms:
   edge, rim, brim, verge, brink, margin, skirt

2. bordernoun

   Synonyms:
   limit, boundary, confine, frontier

3. borderverb

   Synonyms:
   put a border upon, adorn with a border, make a border for

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1. bordernoun

   Synonyms:
   verge, edge, margin, brink, marge, skirt, rim, brim, purl, fillet, boundary, frontier, outskirt, confine, march, purlieu

2. borderverb

   Synonyms:
   border on, be contiguous, be adjacent, adjoin, verge, approach

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1. List of paraphrases for "border":

   borders, frontier, boundary, boundaries, frontiers, frontière, borderline, frontera, frontières, edge, limit, rajan, limits, bordering, cross-border, boarder, border-crossing

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1. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy:

   I am running for the border first, and reelection second.

2. Mwenda Njoka:

   There is a boundary that is being constructed around the Kenya Somali border, it has been porous for a long time because the previous government have not taken serious action. [ But ] in the recent past we have established a border patrol police, a specialist police.

3. Luca Guadagnino:

   The idea of four people in a house dealing with each other is potentially inept unless the absorbed force of their own desires is questioned by a clash with reality, pantelleria as a sort of border place is really demanding to be understood by these characters and is asking them to pose themselves these ethical questions.

4. Howard Lee:

   The next major milestone ... is to link up with other trade platforms in other jurisdictions to further facilitate cross-border trades.

5. Christopher Austin:

   We stay far enough away so that we don't have to worry about any (border) zones or anything like that, we don't even think about it.